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` `Speciiicatiou forming part of Letters atent No;v 104,532, dated June 21, 1870.l

1:2 To all ivhom; mcg/concern:

" `'.Be it known that I, SATTERLEE ARNOLD, of the town of `Glaverack, in the county of Golurnbia and State of NewYork, have invented l i a new and useful Method of'Sewing together the Cut Edges of Knit Cloth; vand I do hereby 4declare that the following is a full, clear, and

3" y exact description `of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, Vmakinga part of thisfspeciiication, in which= Fignrel'- is a topviewof the stitch as it appears onthe upper `side `of two pieces of that goods whose edges are united in my `improyed mode, and also of i the edge. of a single piece when hemmed with `this stitch. Fig. 2 visa view of the same asit appears on the opposite or under side. Fig.`3 is a` view of the stitch or seam as it appears ,when the two pieces, after being sewed,`are opened and vspread out,the"in`.ner or wron g side being up.v Figui is a view of the sameas' it appears on the outer or right side.

`lthas long been a desideratum with manufacturers o" hosiery-and other garments of tu" v f gether,

l Neither by knit .cloth to 'find some meansof expeditiously `and cheaply sewingtogether the cut edges of such fabrics, so as `to make a strong, durable, and1neat`sea1n,having but a small welt or ridge on the inner side, and possessing the requisite elasticity.

`Vlhen, ,twoselvages' are to be united 'to as incase of` the best English hosiery, a strong, neat, and smooth seam'may be formed 'ble to unite the s aid cut edges by a seam sufv y `ciently strongand durable, without leavin g a :wide margin `l.-etween the seam and the edgesA of thefabric, to preventthe seam from ravel- `ingor fra-ying out,.and thus causing not only a wasteof material, but forming a clumsy and Vvery objectionable `Welten the inner side of As great elasticity in the seam is required lin this kind of work, the well-known elastic chainstitch formed'by the Grover it Baker sewing-l chine for overseaming,

hand-sewing or by a machine; but .when af. garment is formed by cutting out the' j* parts from a'piece of knit cloth and sewing the y cut edges together, or when any seannin it] jf haste beformedby sewing 'two cut edges tc' gether, `it has hitherto been found impractica machine has hitherto been found the only practicable machine-stitchA for the purpose but this seam requires the, wide and objectionable .marginabove mentioned to be left.

After many experiments I have` discovered that by means of an overseaming stitch two` cut edges of 4knit cloth may be united together by a very neat seam, that will not only be .strong and durable, and have but a small welt or ridge on the inner side, but that will' possess the requisite degree of elasticity.`l

In practicing my invention I use the American'Button-H'ole and Overseaming Sewingif Machine, or any other machine that'will make a similar overseainingv stitch. I lay two' pieces of knit cloth with their' cut edges togetherthat is, one piece upon the other, so that their edges will be vflush with each other. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) Having prepared the mathe knit cloth is placed upon it and sewed `in"Y the same manner as woven cloth. The overstitching so binds the cut ends of the yarn that a strong and durable seam may be made by taking up but very ylittle of the cloth, and consequently forming but avery small welt or ridge,jand one that when applied to hosiery will scarcely be felt Y by the most delicate foot. i

Knit goods for shirts and drawers and for v hosiery are, for the most part, knit in cylin' `drical form, and subsequently cut so as to be sewed up into such shapes or forms as the gar.- xnent to be made requires, and in so shaping 4them some oi' the seams are necessarily cut bias v I have found by experiment .that by my method, abovc described, knit goods cut bias- `ing may be united by a strong, durable, and

neat seam, taking up much less cloth than is required' in the mode of sewing such fabrics heretofore practiced.

After the' seam is completed by sewing two edgesor pieces together, they are opened or spread out, and the seampressed, it' desired.: It is less prominent, and occupies less space x.. than afelled seam, andis inferior only to a seam formed by rcrochet or loop stitch, which seam is only practicable in sewing selvage edges together.

I do not claim the overseaming stitch here-= m described, nel' Lhe employment of B aid stitch in the iimnilfaie'tuie of grmeits from weven fabrics; but

` What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 12Le11i'is-'-y l 1.. The cnmhinafinn of the eut edges of knit sloth wit-h substantially such n n overseamingmarchi ne sti relies is hereinbefore described.

2. As new articles ofma-nuietl'@ garments sewing the cut. edges of the fabric together byl means of substantially Such an overseaiming,rv machine stitch as is hereinbefore described.

" SATTERLEE ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

' ,W. SHAR'rs, e o

WM. A. HARDR.v 

